Achievements, challenges and opportunities for the microfinance market in Colombia

This article exposes economic benefits from funding space available for low income population in the country, by a comparison of characteristic elements fromGrameen Bank experience in relation to microcredit institutionalization in Colombia. The problem of microfinance is examined in the light of co...

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Tipo de recurso:
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6651
Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Repositorio:
RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/11640
Acceso en línea:
https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/28
https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/11640
Palabra clave:
Microcredit
microfinance
poor’s bank
microfinance institutions
Microcrédito
microfinanzas
banco de los pobres
instituciones microfinancieras
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Summary:This article exposes economic benefits from funding space available for low income population in the country, by a comparison of characteristic elements fromGrameen Bank experience in relation to microcredit institutionalization in Colombia. The problem of microfinance is examined in the light of conventional economic analysis. Institutional environment elements are treated in various countries, and then a Colombian reviewis presented. Finally, a series of representative indicators of microcredit are explored. The assessed indicators suggest that there is space formicrocredit expansionwith profitable condition.